Ummm. Noodles. My first post purely on instant noodles. So what can I say about them? Well ever since I was young (about 4 or 5 years old) I ate noodles. It was the Hong Kong Doll brand. I didn't like them very much because my mother always overcooked them or under-cooked them. :( By the age of 10 when I was able to see the top of the pan on the gas stove, that's when I started cooking instant noodles (with the supervision of my mother of course!). When I was in my teens I used to eat the Nissin Seafood flavour a lot, and then I used to add white pepper just to spice it up! (I don't do that anymore! Hah!). It has taken me years to perfect it to the way I like to eat it, and nowadays, I like it al dente.
Some people would probably say noodles is noodles. But there's so many varieties and variations of noodles, which I will definitely not go into. Too complex to talk about as I've seen a few shows (mainly from Hong Kong) and read a few blogposts explaining how these noodles are prepared etc., etc... From memory, instant noodles (like these ones I will be showing) are fried and dried before they are packaged. There are definite health risks if you eat them day in and day out, so I recommend to everyone to eat instant noodles once in a blue moon (like once a week / month). But if you get cravings or are a poor student or a struggling lousy cook... then, well, I recommend twice a week or none at all - eat healthy foods! ¬_¬"" (And don't be like me eating two in one day for this blogpost!).
So here's what I bought yesterday from See Woo Supermarket 泗和行 (si wo hong), Shoyu Tonkotsu and Black Oil Garlic Flavoured instant soup noodles. Nissin is a popular brand for noodles and favourited by many Asians and non-Asians! (Morrisons even sell them!).
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| I bought two of each in case they taste good |
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| Black Garlic Oil Tonkostsu Flavour 黑蒜油豬骨湯味 (hak syun yau zyu gwat tong mei) |
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| Shoyu Tonkotsu Flavour 醬油豬骨湯味 (jeung yau zyu gwat tong mei) |
Method 1: Boil water, add noodles, then add soup base and seasoning whilst the noodles are still cooking in the pot, serve in bowl.
Method 2: Boil water, add noodles, cook the noodles, place soup base / seasoning in a bowl and then add the cooked noodles into the bowl and mix.
Method 3: Boil water, add soup base and seasoning, then add noodles, cook for 3 minutes and then serve in a bowl.
Method 4: Cook in the microwave!
I often cook my noodles using Method 3. I've tried all the other ways, but will always choose Method 3!
First up is the Shoyu Tonkotsu Flavour 醬油豬骨湯味 (I had this for lunch yesterday). The soup has a very light soy sauce but not the salty type of soy sauce. It also has a touch of vinegar type of taste to it. The noodles and the soup were plain in taste. The flavour isn't too strong like it's predecessors (i.e. Duck or Beef flavour). This one was ok. But not my favourite from the Nissin noodle range and I'm not sure what Shoyu Tonkotsu is supposed to taste like... Well, shoyu is Japanese for soy sauce, and tonkatsu is a fried pork cutlet... hmmm...
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| Noodles, soup base and seasoning sauce |
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| Cooked noodles! |
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| I added dim sum to it ^_^ |
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| Again, noodles, soup base and the seasoning sauce |
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| Cooked noodles again! |
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| This time I added Chinese white cabbage and a fried egg ^_^ |
Price: 42p (CHEAP!)
Where to buy: See Woo Supermarket, Lisle Street, China Town (or other Asian supermarkets - if you can find them...)
p.s. Definitely, definitely add the seasoning oil after you have cooked the noodles! It tastes better!!!!!
p.s. Definitely, definitely add the seasoning oil after you have cooked the noodles! It tastes better!!!!!
